Realism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School

Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas Texas, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 1.68 kg; VIII, 216 pages, includes index, loosely inserted errata slip, biographies, index. Original illustrated dust jacket. Text illustrated with 160+ colour plates. Handling marks, and minor staining to the top and front edges of the text block. Colour illustrated dust jacket is chipped, and rubbed, with a 0.5 inch tear at the top of the front panel/spine, and a similar sized one on the bottom edge of the rear panel. . Internally clean, and tight. This is the manifesto of a group of American realist painters known collectively as the Boston School, a work which traces the roots of a classical tradition in search of lost beauty. In addition to more than 160 colour plates of recent and historical works, this book presents a compelling analysis but 12 members of the School of the crisis confronting the modern painter and the demand for a return to representation of the natural world. -- today, the artists whose paintings appear in this book, along with the hundreds of pupils they have taught, carry the torch of the classical tradition, maintaining their realist imperatives against the weight of fashion this work is a tribute both to the Boston painters and to the legacy of beauty and truth to nature they represent. -- front fold over blurb. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 0878334637. ISBN/EAN: 9780878334636. Inventory No: 0212590. . 9780878334636